xiii, 460 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm

Looks at the private life of the great British general who defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo

Previously published: Great Britain : HarperCollins, ©1997

Includes bibliographical references (pages 426-438) and index

Pt 1. 1769-1815. Eton, Dublin and Angers, 1769-87 -- An officer in the 33rd, 1787-93 -- The first campaign, 1794-5 -- A voyage to India, 1796-8 -- The tiger of Mysore, 1799 -- The Governor of Mysor, 1799 -- The sultan's palace, 1800-1 -- Assaye, 1802-5 -- Return to London, 1805-6 -- Kitty Pakenham, 1790-1806 -- Ireland and Denmark, 1806-7 -- Portugal, 1808 -- Board of enquiry, 1808 -- Across the Douro, 1809 -- 'A whole host of marshals', 1809-10 -- From Bussaco to El Bodon, 1810-11 -- Life at headquarters, 1820-12 -- Badajoz, Salamanca and Madrid, 1812 -- Retreat to Portugal, 1812 -- From Vitoria to the frontier, 1812-13 -- St. Jean de Luz, 1813 -- In London again, 1814 -- Paris and Vienna, 1814-15 -- Brussels, 1815 -- Waterloo, 1815 -- pt. 2. 1815-52. The ambassador, 1815 -- Cambrai and Vitry, 1815-18 -- Stratfield Saye, 1818-20 -- King George IV and Queen Caroline, 1820-1 -- Husband and wife, 1821 -- Vienna and Verona, 1822-4 -- St. Petersburg and the northern counties, 1825-7 -- The prime minister, 1828-9 -- Battersea Fields and Scotland Yard, 1829 -- The death of the king, 1829-30 -- Riots and repression, 1830-2 -- A bogy to the mob, 1832 -- Oxford University and Apsley House, 1832-4 -- Lady friends, 1834 -- The foreign secretary, 1834-6 -- Portraits and painters, 1830-50 -- Life at Walmer Castle, 1830-50 -- The young queen, 1837-9 -- Grand old man, 1839-50 -- The Horse Guards and the House of Lords, 1842-50 -- Hyde Park corner, 1845-6 -- Disturbers of the peace, 1846-51 -- Growing old, 1850-1 -- Last days, 1851-2 -- The way to St. Paul's, 1852

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